No surprise to me. Did you ever have a coach yell ONE MORE SPRINT! Everyone goes balls out......then he yells it again....DOH! He's playing on that same psychological reaction to induce more intensity and greater benefits.

Exactly... Thanks for measuring that everyone sprints in sight of the finish line. One thing about these studies... Would overall output been even more if the cyclists were next to each other racing? Want to talk work-out psychology then address competition the single greatest driver of human performance.